diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/Header.js b/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/Header.js
index 0f67c87ab80d..b07c3f1877bc 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/Header.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/Header.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const Header = ({ className: customClassName, children, ...rest }) => {
   const className = cx(`${prefix}--header`, customClassName);
 
   return (
-    <header {...rest} className={className} role="banner">
+    <header {...rest} className={className}>
       {children}
     </header>
   );
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/__tests__/__snapshots__/Header-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/__tests__/__snapshots__/Header-test.js.snap
index ba978f5b667d..fc70e0cd3fdf 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/__tests__/__snapshots__/Header-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/UIShell/__tests__/__snapshots__/Header-test.js.snap
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ exports[`Header should render 1`] = `
   <header
     aria-label="label"
     className="bx--header custom-class"
-    role="banner"
   />
 </Header>
 `;